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    Photoshop bietet mehr kreative Möglichkeiten, als Sie vermuten. Weil so viele kreative Köpfe damit arbeiten, gibt es immer wieder neue Photoshop-Tricks, versteckte Funktionen und undokumentierte Kniffe.
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  • Asynchronous Socket Programming
    What is 'asynchronous socket programming'? a.k.a. event-driven programming or select()-based multiplexing, it's a solution to a network programming problem: How do I talk to bunch of different network connections at once, all within one process/thread?
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    There are huge resources of free stock photos on the internet and this article means to help you get to some of the best sources available online at the moment.
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    Generate an anonymous alias that will forward to your real email address. It will automatically be deleted after either your set time or message limit has been reached.
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    Photo slideshow software allows you to create a slideshow of your favorite or memorable photos from your collection, and turn multiple images into a standard video file for playback on your PC or other media devices.
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  • Top 10 External Hard Drive Tricks
    So you've been computing for quite a few years now, and you've built a nice collection of hard drives, internal or external, collecting dust in the corner. Here's how to put them to good use.
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  • How to Remember People's Names (and Deal with Unusual Names)
    Accurately remembering names is one of the simplest yet most important components of interacting with people, no matter in what capacity. This article presents some tips I've acquired over the years with regards to remembering and using people's names.
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  • Data Converter
    Takes CSV or tab-delimited data from Excel and converts it into several web-friendly formats, include JSON and XML.
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  • Für Mensch und Natur – Gegenwind Schleswig-Holstein – Landesverband der Windkraftgegner: Emissionen 2010
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  • 27 Fresh And Creative Fonts For Free Download
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    This 50 ridiculous and weird (but true) facts about the human body can prove how little you might know about yourself (even if you are a surgical technician).
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  • 2000 Free Photoshop Patterns – Web Design Blog – DesignM.ag
    The largest collection of free Photoshop patterns DesignM.ag has ever offered.
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  • JavaRa Updates and Removes Old and Redundant Java Versions
    Windows only: Tiny utility JavaRa cleans up older or redundant versions of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) that might be littering up your PC, and optionally updates to the latest version.
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  • Free Textbooks: A Meta Collection | Open Culture
    Free textbooks (aka open textbooks) written by knowledgable scholars are a relatively new phenomenon. But they’re becoming more popular, and we’ll keep adding new ones to this meta list of Free Textbooks. Check back often to find new additions.
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    If you are writing consumer software you have to understand that you and your average user have a very different level of understanding of computers.
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    If you are using Google Chrome as your default browser, then you must be using some extensions in order to make your surfing more and more better.
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  • Google Docs Templates for Web Designers and Developers :Speckyboy Design Magazine
    A selection of Google Docs templates, freely available from the Google Docs Directory, aimed at designers and developers.
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  • YouTube – What different sorting algorithms sound like
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  • 12 Tutorials for Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator
    Illustrator’s huge array of digital drawing features makes it a favorite amongst illustrators and print designers, but for those just starting out, the application can be intimidating. To help set you on your path to Illustrator mastery, here are some great beginner-level Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator) tutorials that cover the fundamental tools and techniques.
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    A resume is a document that contains a summary of relevant job experience and education for specific employment search.Today i want to showcase very creative resume designs and you will understand what i mean.
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  • dy/dan » Algebra: The Supplement
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  • The Tragic Death of Practically Everything
    Wired Editor in Chief Chris Anderson is catching flack for the magazine’s current cover story, which declares that the Web is dead.
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  • 12 Best And Creative Photoshop 3D Text Effect Tutorials
    12 best Photoshop 3d Text Effect tutorials for advance and upcoming designers.
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  • Jobwechsel : Die schlimmsten Tretminen im Lebenslauf vermeiden – PC-WELT
    Wer einen neuen Job sucht muss mitunter Schwächen im Lebenslauf schönen oder zumindest gut verkaufen. Die Münchener Karriereberaterin Madeleine Leitner gibt Tipps für Stellensuchende mit solchen "bewerbungstechnischen Handicaps".
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  • Prozessor: So nutzen Sie Mehrkern-CPUs richtig – PC-WELT
    In den meisten neuen PCs und Notebooks stecken Mehrkernprozessoren, aber nur die wenigsten Computeranwender nutzen die Vorteile der Technik auch richtig aus. Wir sagen, wie Sie die volle Leistung aus Mehrkern-CPUs rausholen.
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  • Ratgeber Media-Player: Geheime Tricks für den VLC Media Player – PC-WELT
    Der kostenlose VLC Media Player gilt als Allrounder, der klaglos jedes noch so exotische Format wiedergibt. Doch der Player kann noch viel mehr.
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  • Kevin Rose – blogg – Email Sucks. 5 Time Saving Tips.
    The madness has to stop. What was once a 30 minute annoyance is now my full-time job. Here are 5 time saving tips:
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  • Top 25 Web Startups Revolutionizing Teaching
    The following list of the top 25 Web startups are revolutionizing teaching by making teaching easier, more robust and interactive for teachers, students and parents. Additionally, they provide clues for teaching jobs and revenue for teachers at all educational levels.
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  • Einsatztagebuch zur Love Parade: Katastrophe ab 12.52 Uhr – SPIEGEL ONLINE – Nachrichten – Panorama
    Interne Dokumente des Duisburger Ordnungsamts zeigen, wie die Love Parade zur Katastrophe wurde: In einem bislang weitgehend unter Verschluss gehaltenen Einsatztagebuch haben die von der Stadt eingesetzten Aufpasser die dramatischen Stunden des 24. Juli minutengenau protokolliert.
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  • 50 Open Source Replacements for Really Expensive Software — Datamation.com
    Open source replacements for commercial applications that cost around $200 or more.
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  • Useful and Free Pictogram Dingbat Fonts :Speckyboy Design Magazine
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  • Deutsche Fotothek
    Deutsche Fotothek der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB). Universalarchiv der Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte mit den Schwerpunkten Kunst-, Architektur- und Musikgeschichte, Regionalkunde Sachsen, Geographie sowie Technik- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte.
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  • Don’t Be Ugly By Accident! « OkTrends
    Analyzing photography from a numerical angle – flash, focus, and aperture.
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  • 65+ Free Handwritten Fonts for Elegant Designs | Addictive Fonts
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  • Designing for the Mind | Design Informer
    What if there were principles that captured why design and art worked the way that they do?
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  • Top 40 podcasts for teachers
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  • 40 (NEW) Good Quality Adobe Photoshop Tutorials | blueblots.com
    40 (NEW) Good Quality Adobe Photoshop Tutorials that can help you improve your skill and quality of works.
    (tags: photography photoshop tutorial list beginner design)
  • Top 10 Ways Your Brain Is Sabotaging You (and How to Beat It)
    An unexamined brain is a tricky thing to carry around. You've got unintentional biases, marketing weaknesses, "overclocking" issues, and all kinds of other mental bugs you may not know about. Here's a helpful list of the mind's weird ways.
    (tags: lifehacker productivity psychology brain learning tips)
  • Ratgeber Datenabgleich: So halten Sie alle Daten synchron – PC-WELT
    Sie nutzen mehrere PCs, Notebook, Handy und MP3-Player. Und wollen die Daten auf allen Geräten miteinander abgleichen und stets aktuell halten? Wir sagen, wie das geht und stellen die passenden Gratisprogramme dafür vor.
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  • Microblogging: Eignen sich Twitter & Co. für den Profi-Einsatz? – PC-WELT
    Viele Unternehmen sehen Social Media noch skeptisch. Dabei könnten sie beispielsweise vom Microblogging profitieren.
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  • 12 Absolutely and Insanely Essential Utilities For Programmers | Jesse Liberty
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  • The illustrated guide to a Ph.D.
    Every fall, I explain to a fresh batch of Ph.D. students what a Ph.D. is. It's hard to describe it in words. So, I use pictures.
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  • 40 Awesome Free Fonts for Big Headlines
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  • Electronic Repair – DIY Fixes for Electronics – The Daily Green
    Easy ways to fix a scratched DVD or screen, dead battery or wet device.
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  • Build a Linux Media Center PC – How To by ExtremeTech
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  • Beautiful Examples of Transparent Screen Trick Photos – Smashing Magazine
    A short selection of some original transparent screen trick photos. The environments presented in these photos appear to have a completely transparent screen which creates an optical illusion.
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  • Top 10 Sites for Creating Surveys
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  • 6 Things You Should Know About Computer Forensics | Sherweb blog
    6 facts about computer forensics that anyone with computer access should be familiar with.
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  • Digitale Bilderrahmen zweckentfremdet | heise Foto
    Die günstigsten Angebote für einfache digitale Bilderrahmen liegen derzeit im Bereich von 30 Euro – was fleißige Bastler nicht ruhen ließ, weitere Einsatzmöglichkeiten zu erkunden.
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    • ]]>     http://www.oberlausitzer-dreispitz.de/blog/?feed=rss2&p=580 0     Mittelherwigsdorf und Zittau, der Tag danach http://www.oberlausitzer-dreispitz.de/blog/?p=528 http://www.oberlausitzer-dreispitz.de/blog/?p=528#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:56:59 +0000 ccclaus http://www.oberlausitzer-dreispitz.de/blog/?p=528 Mittelherwigsdorf am 08.08.2010

    Zittau am 08.08.2010


    Zusammenfluss von Mandau und Neisse in Zittau/Ost.

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  • Sächsische Zeitung: Nach dem Hochwasser kommt die Mückenplage
  • Flickr Fotosets: Schwere Überschwemmungen in Zittau / Hochwasser Zittau 2010 / Der Tag nach dem Hochwasser
  • Welt Online: Vorsichtige Entwarnung
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  • Lausitznews: Aktuelles / Hubschrauberbilder – Von Bad Muskau bis Zittau / Lausitz – Augenzeugen berichten über Unwetterkatastrophe: Teil 1, Teil 2
  • Oberlausitz TV: Eine ganze Menge Leben – Der Blick zum Nachbarn und ein sehr persönlicher Erlebnisbericht vom Tag der Flut in Tschechien
  • Spiegel Online/Unispiegel: Überschwemmte Hochschule – Studenten kratzen Matsch vom Hörsaalboden
  • Picasa Webalben: 2010-08-07: Überschwemmung / 2010-08-08: Der Tag danach / Hochwasser August 2010 Ostsachsen
  • Mein-Goerlitz.de: Fotogalerien vom Hochwasser im Görlitzer Umland einschließlich Mittelherwigsdorf

    • Das Deutsche Rote Kreuz, Kreisverband Görlitz Stadt und Land e.V. gibt, soweit möglich, Informationen und Hinweise zum Verbleib von Angehörigen, die von den Evakuierungsmaßnahmen in und um Görlitz betroffen waren, unter der Rufnummer 03581 – 36 24 10 (Quelle).

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    Video: Hochwasser in Zittau, 7. August 2010

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  • Your beautiful eyes :: Photography Served
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  • 20 Highly Useful Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials For Designers
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  • Print Your Own Paper!
    Do you ever buy lined paper? Or graph paper? Or music notation paper? Or score sheets for popular games and sports? If so, you'll know just how expensive some of these custom papers can be. Especially the special ones designed for use in proprietary personal organizers. So, how about printing your own? It might well be cheaper. It's almost certainly more fun, and it's definitely more flexible because you can print what you want when you want it.
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  • 10 Secret Code Phrases to Get What You Want from Your Graphic Designer
    A few secret code phrases to help you describe what you want and avoid the red flags that set graphic designers on edge.
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  • Energy Savings of Low Hanging Fruit [Infographic] « WellHome
    How much can simple energy savers really save?
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  • How to forecast weather without gadgets
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  • 40 Minimalist Icon, Symbol & Pictogram Sets | SpyreStudios
    Great minimalist icon and symbol sets.
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  • How to Get Started with Usenet in Three Simple Steps
    Usenet is a wonderful service for finding and downloading digital media, giving you speed and reliability you won't find with other file-sharing options—like, say, BitTorrent. Here's a quick guide on setting up and getting started with Usenet.
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  • Free fonts for both commercial and noncommercial use | FontPark.net
    FontPark is the largest portal noncommercial fonts . The current database has more than 70,000 fonts available for noncommercial and commercial use for PC Mac and Linux.
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  • 28 Creative PowerPoint and Keynote Presentation Designs
    28 examples of creative presentation designs using Powerpoint and Keynote.
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  • Ratgeber Firewall: Firewall-Mythen enttarnt – PC-WELT
    Glauben Sie noch, im Stealth-Modus unsichtbar zu sein? Wir enttarnen populäre Firewall-Mythen und erklären die fünf wichtigsten Firewall-Begriffe.
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  • Ratgeber Codecs: Alle Codec-Probleme kinderleicht – PC-WELT
    Sie haben ein Video aus dem Internet heruntergeladen. Doch beim Versuch es abzuspielen, bleibt der Bildschirm schwarz. Schuld dürfte ein fehlender Codec sein. Wir zeigen Ihnen, wie Sie Codec-Probleme lösen und präsentieren die besten Codec-Pakete.
    (tags: video codec windows tips tool)
  • Retro: Die besten C64-Spiele gratis für den PC – PC-WELT
    Pacman, Maniac Mansion, Giana Sisters – diese C64-Spiele haben Geschichte geschrieben. Wir stellen die besten vor – und liefern Gratis-Remakes zum selbst Nachspielen am PC.
    (tags: retro game commodore c64 remake)
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  • Icon Archive – 31,100+ free icons, buddy icons, xp icons, vista icons, desktop icons
    The Icon Archive is a categorized collection of high quality desktop & web icon sets.
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  • Bit Twiddling Hacks
    Individually, the code snippets here are in the public domain (unless otherwise noted) — feel free to use them however you please. The aggregate collection and descriptions are © 1997-2005 Sean Eron Anderson. The code and descriptions are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY and without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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  • How to Rebuild Your Attention Span and Focus
    Many people want the ability to focus more and feel like they're losing the ability to focus on a particular task for long periods of time.
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  • Ratgeber Festplatte: Wie lange lebt Ihre Festplatte noch? – PC-WELT
    Hitze, Rattern, Abstürze – diese Zeichen verraten, dass Ihre Festplatte bald defekt ist. Und wir zeigen, wie Sie sich im Ernstfall am besten verhalten.
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  • Mehr Tempo: Mit zwei DSL-Leitungen gleichzeitig surfen – PC-WELT
    Wem die Geschwindigkeit seines DSL-Anschlusses nicht ausreicht, kann zu ungewöhnlichen Maßnahmen greifen. Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie zwei DSL-Leitungen oder UMTS-Sticks gleichzeitig nutzen.
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  • 45 Free WordPress Themes with Appealing Designs | Naldz Graphics
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    In the United States, we take light switches and electrical sockets for granted. But how many of us know how much electricity we’re using throughout the day, the week, or even the year? Or even where it comes from?
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  • Brilliant Adobe Photoshop CS5 Tutorials From 2010 – Noupe Design Blog
    Adobe Photoshop CS5 tutorials from which you will learn a lot about different features of Adobe Photoshop CS5.
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  • Find Out Which USB Devices Have Been Used on Your PC
    It always amazes me to discover just how much information Windows stores, regarding previous activity on the PC. We all know about stuff like your web browsing history, for example, and all those thousands of cookies associated with web sites. Thankfully, there are programs which can delete this information in order to help maintain your privacy.
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